Douglas W. Elmendorf

Former Brookings Expert

Douglas Elmendorf was a Brookings senior fellow from 2007 to 2009. From 2008-2009, he also served as director of the Hamilton Project at Brookings. In January 2009, Elmendorf left Brookings when he was appointed director of the Congressional Budget Office, a position he held until 2015. Following his time at CBO, Elmendorf was a visiting fellow with Brookings until he became Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in January 2016.

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Additional Expertise Areas

macroeconomics

public economics

econometrics

Experience

Current Position

Congressional Budget Office, Director

Past Positions

Harvard University, Assistant Professor of Economics

Congressional Budget Office

Federal Reserve Board, Economist

Council of Economic Advisers, Senior Economist

Department of the Treasury, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy

Federal Reserve Board, Senior Economist

Federal Reserve Board, Assistant Director of the Research and Statistics Division

Brookings Institution, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and Director of the Hamilton Project